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68 articles about 51 events for “Elon Musk's Political Donations”. Events are ordered by how widely they were covered, how many readers opened them, and how recent they are.
“Meanwhile, the midterms were an expensive and unsuccessful excursion for Elon Musk, and for big oil and gas, as Emily Atkins of Heated reported, with the industry spending at least $182m to try to get Republicans elected.”
“This includes people like Elon Musk, a prominent ally of Trump and the Republican Party in recent years.”
“Elon Musk poured a staggering $446m dollars into Republican-aligned political action committees (Pacs) and groups since last year, but his efforts didn’t pay off.”
“Elon Musk, the world's richest man and on-again, off-again friend of the president, tipped about $US160 million ($229 million) into Paxton's campaign.”
“Billionaire SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pumped nearly $500 million into Republican campaigns ahead of the midterm elections - and all he got in return was watching the movement he backed fail miserably.”
“He also received millions of dollars in donations from fellow billionaires Elon Musk and Jeffrey Yass, NBC News reported.”
“Meanwhile, the pro-Ramaswamy super PAC took millions of dollars in donations from fellow billionaires Elon Musk and Jeffrey Yass.”
“Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has emerged as the biggest individual donor, contributing nearly half a billion dollars to support republican candidates.”
“Super PACs, unlike traditional candidate committees or regular PACs, can accept donations of unlimited size, Heerwig said, such as the hundreds of millions Elon Musk is pouring intoRepublican-aligned super PACs.”
“…r longstanding legislation requiring full disclosure of the sources of $1bn of dark money, and they must pass Senator Chris Van Hollen’s new bill closing loopholes that let federal contractors – and their owners, such as Elon Musk – easily circumvent the…”
“Elon Musk's X paid $10 million to settle a similar suit by Mr.”
“Power belongs to the people,” he told supporters in a dig at Elon Musk, who spent more than $US300 million ($430 million) backing his opponent, the Trump-backed Ken Paxton.”
“For months, America has been inundated with political advertising funded by the world’s wealthiest person (Elon Musk), ordinary folk, and cashed-up PACs (political action committees, run by party headquarters or external groups, some of which do not disclose…”
“And here is Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire: “Three Megadonors Are Powering the GOP Spending Edge.””
“Ukraine said Saturday that both Starlink, run by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, and its military variant, Starshield, were fully functional after a long outage, two days after Trump indicated Musk had been asked to “put it back.””
“Much of the dark and functionally dark money has come from Super Pacs funded by billionaires, including Elon Musk and Jeff Yass, and corporate interests, particularly the AI and crypto industries.”
“President Donald Trump said he would be willing to protect Elon Musk and his staff if Democrats take control of Congress after the midterm elections this week.”
“On Tuesday the voters will have their say on whether the four-term state representative, a Presbyterian seminarian preaching a gospel of hope, can overcome Republican Ken Paxton, a scandal-haunted state attorney general and Trump ally who has financial…”
“Strip out the 10 biggest – including Elon Musk – and 51 per cent of donations in the second quarter went to the Democrats, up from 36 per cent throughout last year.”
“Candidates, political parties and outside groups are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the contests, with major political action committees (PACs), including those associated with billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk, fuelling the spending battle.”
“Take Daily Mail's quiz and find out The largest political donor in US history, Elon Musk, is warning that Democratic victories in the midterms could seal a 'permanent one-party state' and the end of democracy in America.”
“There is no preexisting playbook for dealing with Musk, because Musk is something new in American political life.”
“Billionaire Elon Musk has dumped hundreds of millions into races across the country, using his enormous personal wealth to sway the election in favor of Republicans.”
“The federal government is down more than 420,000 workers after Elon Musk was given the power to introduce massive jobs cuts after donating nearly $300m to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.”
“How his political influence compares to past U.S. moguls How powerful is Elon Musk?”
“The explosive growth of data centres, political integrity and the popularity of President Donald Trump himself are under scrutiny in this election cycle, which is on track to be the most expensive in US history, thanks to massive donations by the world’s…”
“While the public documents do not disclose the exact valuation of the startup or the price or number of shares, investors estimate somewhere around $1.5 to $2 trillion, close to Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO valuation this past summer at $2.1 trillion.”
““The fact that we have a trillionaire who is trying to control American politics is pretty good evidence of that,” he added, speaking of Elon Musk’s Republican donations – now over $442m for the midterm elections.”
“Tech bosses including Elon Musk, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook and Google’s Sundar Pichai all appeared together at Trump’s inauguration in January 2025 and recently reunited with him for a White House summit on AI.”
“That is legal because most of the money went not to candidates but to super political action committees, or super PACs, which can accept donations of any size.”
“Could the Tesla-SpaceX merger that Elon Musk floated this week pose antitrust problems?”
“Billionaire Elon Musk has spent more than $442 million on Republican campaigns and political groups ahead of the November 3 US midterm elections, emerging as the largest individual political donor in US history.”
“James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Texas, has taken aim at Elon Musk, warning that the tech mogul is trying to buy political influence and declaring: “Texas is not for sale.””
“It is one of the largest publicly known single political donations in US history, and some have suggested it is the biggest ever.”
“After SpaceX debilitated Ukraine’s military defenses on October 14, in the midst of one of the heaviest Russian bombardments of the war, by slowing down the speed of Ukraine’s Starlink terminals and the Starshield system that Ukraine’s military uses, Elon…”
“But in May, Mr Farage told the Sun: 'Frankly, it was given as a reward for campaigning for Brexit for 27 years.' When it was suggested the cash may have influenced his decision to return to public life, Mr Farage said: 'I can't be bought by anybody, not even…”
“Talarico played up successful grassroots fundraising efforts for his campaign while calling out Elon Musk’s $150 million in donations to pro-Paxton groups.”
“None of the shares held by the the fund would be used for lobbying or political donations in the US or overseas, it added.”
“Besides Trump’s money, Republicans are being aided by the president’s ally Elon Musk, who has spent $366m on conservative groups and campaigns so far.”
“Stat of the day: Elon Musk becomes biggest donor of US midterms cycle with $366m spent Musk’s midterm donations, mostly for rightwing candidates and causes, surpass his contributions to Trump in 2024.”
“Federal Election Commission financial disclosure documents released Thursday showed that Musk made two donations of $75 million and $83 million in September to the GOP-aligned Senate Leadership Fund.”
“The assist from Musk — along with tens of millions of dollars in donations to other groups — marks a decisive return to large-scale political giving for the world's richest man, who spent over backing President Trump and other Republican candidates in…”
““I think it was a real turning point on Trump,” says Carrie Dann, managing editor of the Cook Political Report.”
“Elon Musk topped the list at $839 billion, and this summer he became history's first trillionaire.”
“The tech mogul’s spending spree is also a reversal from a period in the middle of last year when Musk claimed he would step back from making such large-scale political donations.”
“Billionaire Elon Musk has already funneled at least $366 million into the midterms to try to make sure voters elect Republicans.”
“Elon Musk has spent roughly $366 million in the 2026 U.S. midterm election cycle so far, $276 million of it since July to help Republicans retain control of Congress, even as Democrats’ chances of retaking the U.S.”
“The President also awarded the National Medal of Science to Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin of Alphabet, Advanced Micro Devices’ Lisa Su and to Tesla’s Elon Musk, whom he hailed as a “modern-day Thomas Edison”.”
“Elon Musk on Saturday (October 10, 2026) stepped up his attack against industrialist Mukesh Ambani, sharing screenshots of media reports alleging that a Reliance-funded firm helped boost BJP campaigns on social media and that a Reliance-linked company made…”
“Already at least one high-profile donor, SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell, has announced she will give corporate shares of the Elon Musk–helmed company to millions of American kids.”
“He highlighted donations Taylor accepted from Elon Musk’s SpaceX.”
“It was an example of how Trump has surrounded himself with industry leaders, seeking their advice, favor, and political donations.”
“The president’s Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, slashed the institute’s staff last year, ultimately leading to the ouster of President George Moose.”
“It's holding everyone back, particularly holding our country back.' Sir Ed has sought to boost his party's profile with attention-grabbing stunts and ramped them up before the last general election Sir Ed will pitch the party as 'willing to fight' at a rally…”
“President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk – have finally turned on the spigot with less than eight weeks to go before Election Day.”
“Elon Musk’s super PAC has a similar cash pile, while Facebook owner Meta is linked to a variety of PACs with tens of millions of dollars ready to deploy.”
“This would risk the usual culture war debate about free speech, while we blithely accept the changes to our culture and society that are being freely imposed by Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and others.”
“House races, 35 Senate races, and 36 gubernatorial races on the ballot this November, as well as the overall likelihood of each party controlling each chamber and all kinds of other details.1 The model performed quite well in 2018 after the code was basically…”
“This is not a suitable foundation on which to build an entire political program--or even most of one.”